:00:12. > :00:17.Thousands are still trapped in their homes three days after
:00:17. > :00:22.Superstorm Sandy hit the east coast of America. The death toll has
:00:22. > :00:26.risen to 82. Millions are without power. With five days to go until
:00:26. > :00:31.the election, President Obama resumes the campaign trial. A
:00:31. > :00:34.prison officer has died after his car was shot at on a motorway in
:00:34. > :00:39.Northern Ireland. Jimmy Savile's multi-million pound estate is
:00:39. > :00:44.frozen, as some of his alleged victims threaten to sue. Pulling
:00:44. > :00:48.the plug - Comet is to be placed in administration, threatening 6,000
:00:48. > :00:50.jobs. On BBC London: The Met receives �22
:00:51. > :00:53.million of donations and sponsorship in five years. It says
:00:53. > :01:03.that wont interfere with police duties. And the hostel for the
:01:03. > :01:18.
:01:18. > :01:22.Good afternoon. Welcome to the BBC News at One. Thousands are still
:01:22. > :01:26.stranded in New Jersey, three days after Superstorm Sandy brought
:01:26. > :01:31.devastation to the east coast of America. In Hoboken, on the New
:01:31. > :01:36.Jersey side of the Hudson River, 20,000 people in flooded homes are
:01:36. > :01:40.still waiting for help. The death toll has risen to 82. Six million
:01:40. > :01:45.homes and businesses still have no power. Our correspondent is in New
:01:45. > :01:49.York now. Well, there are attempts here in New York to try and return
:01:49. > :01:54.to some semblance of normality. The subway system is operating a
:01:54. > :01:58.limited service. The main three airports here are all open, and
:01:58. > :02:01.preparations are under way for the New York marathon. But, we are
:02:01. > :02:06.seeing also that petrol stations are running short of supplies. Many,
:02:06. > :02:12.in fact, have closed down completely. Some of the many
:02:12. > :02:18.hindrances facing those who try to keep going with the recovery
:02:18. > :02:22.efforts. Breezy Point in Queen's New York, where 80-100 homes were
:02:22. > :02:26.destroyed. For residents there is little to come back to. A fire
:02:26. > :02:31.wiped out what the superstorm had not. My house is gone. That is it
:02:31. > :02:36.with the flag. It used to be up here, but the water took it back to
:02:36. > :02:40.the next corner. 50 miles away, on a narrow stretch between the
:02:40. > :02:45.Atlantic and a canal, there are more scenes of destruction.
:02:45. > :02:49.Residents have started to pick up the pieces. This woman returned to
:02:49. > :02:55.her home for the first time. Her pride and joy - her brand new
:02:55. > :03:00.kitchen - is gone. This part of the house upsets me the most right now.
:03:00. > :03:06.We put a lot of work and time and money and effort into it and it is
:03:06. > :03:11.destroyed. Unlike his neighbours, James made the controversial
:03:11. > :03:14.decision not to evacuate. The water was up to here on me in the street.
:03:15. > :03:18.Then the house was on fire. When that started burning, all the
:03:18. > :03:25.embers from the house were being blown directly to our houses. We
:03:25. > :03:29.were concerned we were also going to go on fire. New Jersey, the
:03:29. > :03:35.state in the eye of Superstorm Sandy suffered most damage. This
:03:35. > :03:41.rollercoaster was reduced to a pile of twisted metal. Sewerage-
:03:42. > :03:46.contaminated water has left 20,000 people trapped in their homes.
:03:46. > :03:54.President Obama, who is resuming campaigning, offered comfort. His
:03:54. > :04:01.response may help his standing in an election five days ago. It has
:04:01. > :04:05.won him praise from Chris Christie. He used to make this face where he
:04:05. > :04:11.would... For some, life after Sandy will not be the same again. Marcia
:04:11. > :04:17.Sikowitz's son is among 76 who lost their lives. Jason and a friend
:04:17. > :04:23.were crushed to death by a fallen tree while walking a tree in a
:04:23. > :04:32.Brooklyn park. I kept calling every five minutes. A man answered his
:04:32. > :04:38.phone. I said, where is my son? He said, "I am Detective Jason. Tell
:04:38. > :04:42.me your address, I want to come to your apartment." Along the US
:04:42. > :04:51.North-East some six million people are still without power. More than
:04:51. > :04:56.200 patients at Belle Vue hospital had to be evacuated after the
:04:56. > :05:01.generator failed. We will be unable to adequately power this building,
:05:01. > :05:06.even with additional generators for quite some time. Some New York
:05:06. > :05:09.subways are still damaged by water, but a limited service is running.
:05:10. > :05:15.Airports too are open. Supplies at petrol stations are running low.
:05:16. > :05:20.The big apple, which has faced tough times before, is once again
:05:20. > :05:26.being tested. Well, an American concert is being organised to
:05:26. > :05:33.benefit the victims. It will air on an American TV network this Friday
:05:33. > :05:38.and will feature artists from the worst-affected areas.
:05:38. > :05:43.The proceeds from all of that will be given to the American Red Cross.
:05:43. > :05:47.Thank you very much. President Obama will return to the campaign
:05:47. > :05:52.trail today, which was suspended in the aftermath of the superstorm.
:05:52. > :05:57.Yesterday, he visited some of the worst-affected areas and promised
:05:57. > :06:00.he would be with the victims for the long-haul. His opponent, Mitt
:06:00. > :06:04.Romney, cancelled some rallies W the election five days ago, let's
:06:04. > :06:09.speak to our correspondent. What impact has the storm had on their
:06:09. > :06:13.campaign trails? Well, it's had a deeply unsettling affect on the
:06:13. > :06:18.campaign. It has up-ended this Presidential campaign. We don't
:06:18. > :06:23.tkpho which way it will fall. What we -- know which way it will fall.
:06:23. > :06:29.What we know is it has forced Mitt Romney off the air waves. His
:06:29. > :06:37.campaign says all it has done is put the race in place where it was
:06:37. > :06:40.at the weekend, saying it is not a negative either. President Obama
:06:40. > :06:45.had to be the Commander-in-Chief. It is what Americans expect in a
:06:45. > :06:53.crisis and the main job of a President. He could not afford to
:06:53. > :06:57.fail the way George W Bush did with his response to Hurricane Katrina
:06:57. > :07:01.in 2005. 80% of Americans believe that he did a good job, or an
:07:01. > :07:04.excellent job in his handling of the crisis. So, that is good news
:07:05. > :07:09.for him. In terms of the biggest political October surprise, it had
:07:09. > :07:15.to be the sight of the Republican governor of New Jersey, Chris
:07:15. > :07:20.Christie, showing President Obama the devastation in his State. Chris
:07:20. > :07:24.Christie is a fierce foe of President Obama normally. Here he
:07:24. > :07:28.was heaping praise on the President for his handling of the crisis.
:07:28. > :07:32.Really lavish praise for the President. That surprised many. I
:07:32. > :07:37.think it suggests a certain bipartisanship that Americans like.
:07:38. > :07:42.In terms of how it would have affected the race, however, it was
:07:42. > :07:46.worth 1,000 political ads. We don't know if it was enough to turn a
:07:46. > :07:50.tight race President Obama's way. Thank you. You can find out more
:07:50. > :07:55.information on the campaigning ahead of the US election and get
:07:55. > :08:01.live updates of Superstorm Sandy's progress and the devastation caused
:08:02. > :08:06.all online. A prison officer who has been named
:08:06. > :08:10.as David Black, has died after a gunman opened fire on his car on
:08:10. > :08:13.the M1 in County Armagh this morning. Police say the vehicle was
:08:13. > :08:19.ambushed between Lurgan and Portadown. Our correspondent is
:08:19. > :08:23.there now. What more can you tell us? Well, he was 52-year-olds, a
:08:23. > :08:28.prison officer for about 30 years. He had a career which went back as
:08:28. > :08:32.far back as 1981, we are told, when of course the IRA staged their
:08:32. > :08:37.hunger strike in the high security Maze Prison. He was on his way from
:08:37. > :08:39.his home along this motorway, that you can see behind me, to the new
:08:39. > :08:46.high-security prison in Maghaberry, Northern Ireland, where he had
:08:46. > :08:55.worked for some years. And his car was ambushed by a gunman or gunmen
:08:55. > :08:59.in what has been called a meticulously-planned attack. A car,
:08:59. > :09:06.which may be connected, was found in Lurgan, it was burnt out. The
:09:06. > :09:12.finger will be pointed as dissident Republicans. This is called Craig
:09:12. > :09:16.aven. It has been simnom nous with Republicanism. Particularly the
:09:16. > :09:22.Continuity IRA, which three years ago shot dead the first police
:09:22. > :09:27.officer from the police service to be murdered in Northern Ireland.
:09:27. > :09:31.That was Constable Carroll. This is a surprise in many ways. Some
:09:31. > :09:37.people thought an attack by dissident republicans was, in some
:09:37. > :09:40.ways overdue. We had been told recently that the ability of
:09:40. > :09:45.dissidents had been downgraded. The Secretary of State for Northern
:09:45. > :09:49.Ireland said their capability had diminished somewhat. Today, we know
:09:49. > :09:54.they still have the ability to mount attacks and prison officers
:09:54. > :09:57.targeted for the first time since 1993. Thank you very much. The
:09:57. > :10:01.Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, says there is absolutely no
:10:01. > :10:06.prospect of Britain securing a cut in the European Union budget. More
:10:06. > :10:08.than 50 Conservative backbenchers, supported by Labour, voted against
:10:08. > :10:14.the Government, challenging David Cameron's calls for only a freeze
:10:14. > :10:19.in spending. Parliament last night defied the
:10:19. > :10:23.Prime Minister and said the EU must spend less on its farmers,
:10:23. > :10:27.fishermen and infrastructure. Will the Government heed that message?
:10:27. > :10:31.The British Government, David Cameron, are going to fight for the
:10:31. > :10:34.toughest position in this EU budget negotiation. In other words we'll
:10:34. > :10:38.get the best possible view for Britain. Better than any Prime
:10:38. > :10:45.Minister has got before us. Last night 53 Conservatives voted with
:10:45. > :10:51.Labour to defeat the Government and demand a cut in the EU budget.
:10:51. > :10:56.307. The knows to the left, 294. Tory rebels say the Government must
:10:56. > :11:02.toughen up its approach to the negotiations in Brussels. I think a
:11:02. > :11:05.cut is the only sensible option. It is not mandatory, it is a strong
:11:05. > :11:08.recommendation. Of course, the Government would have to get any
:11:08. > :11:13.budget through that it did negotiate. This Parliament has so
:11:13. > :11:17.far shown it wants to spend less and spend more wisely. At stake is
:11:17. > :11:23.the EU's long-term budget from 2014 to 2020. The European Commission
:11:23. > :11:27.and some countries want it to rise by 5%. David Cameron wants a freeze,
:11:27. > :11:34.with no rise above inflation. The Commons voted for a cut. The Deputy
:11:34. > :11:39.Prime Minister dismissed that as completely unrealistic. Of course I
:11:39. > :11:43.would... It is what do you think is the best possible deal, rather than
:11:43. > :11:49.insist on an impossible deal. And David Cameron, with my full support,
:11:49. > :11:53.will go into the negotiations later this month and say, we want a real-
:11:53. > :11:58.terms freeze. Nick Clegg says he and David Cameron are united in
:11:58. > :12:01.their stance on the EU budget. He has made it clear he's prepared to
:12:01. > :12:05.confront his coalition partners when it comes to reclaiming powers
:12:05. > :12:10.from Brussels. This, he says, is a false promise, which will take
:12:10. > :12:13.Britain closer to exit from the EU. So, for David Cameron, the
:12:13. > :12:20.negotiations over Europe's budget are now more difficult than ever.
:12:20. > :12:23.He knows that any deal will have to be approved by the Commons.
:12:23. > :12:27.Our correspondent is in Brussels. So, a headache for the Prime
:12:27. > :12:32.Minister, but what has the response been in Brussels? Well, I think
:12:32. > :12:38.first of all, it is important to point out that Nick Clegg is on the
:12:38. > :12:42.real terms is probably the best Britain could expect. There are
:12:42. > :12:44.other countries who support cutting the budget to a certain extent,
:12:44. > :12:49.certainly keeping it tightly controlled. That's not going to
:12:49. > :12:53.happen because of those other countries that Vicky talked about
:12:53. > :12:58.in her report there, who want an increase far and above what Britain
:12:58. > :13:02.is talking about. Far and above inflation. Now, look, for those who
:13:02. > :13:06.already see Britain as a problem child in the European Union, this
:13:06. > :13:09.will reinforce their suspicions thaifplt are angry Britain has
:13:09. > :13:13.vetoed things. They are angry the British Government is trying to
:13:13. > :13:16.withdraw from certain aspects of EU policy. They will see it as another
:13:16. > :13:21.indication of Britain getting side- lined in terms of the European
:13:21. > :13:25.Union, I think. As Vicky pointed out, there's a great diversity of
:13:25. > :13:28.opinion here. We are not just heading for a massive row in
:13:29. > :13:37.British politics, we are heading for a massive row in the European
:13:37. > :13:41.Union. November 22nd, it is then all 27 member cuntries in the EU,
:13:41. > :13:47.including Britain, have to agree unanimously on this budget. Britain
:13:47. > :13:51.is not the only one suggests it might use its veto. People are
:13:51. > :13:55.wondering, is Europe really asking for more money? It is. I suppose
:13:55. > :13:59.one of the answers which will be given here is, remember the UK is
:13:59. > :14:04.part of Europe. It is part of the EU. It is part of Europe. It is
:14:04. > :14:07.part of the club, as the European commission would say, that has
:14:07. > :14:11.voted to bring more member countries in. It is part of the
:14:11. > :14:14.club who has decided to give it more power in terms of foreign
:14:14. > :14:18.policy, for instance. The commission says that costs more
:14:18. > :14:22.money. They also point out that actually the EU comes relatively
:14:22. > :14:27.cheaply. If you look at the size of its budget, compared to the size of
:14:27. > :14:31.the EU's economy, it is a fraction of the size of what the Treasury
:14:31. > :14:34.spends every year, in relation to the size of the British economy.
:14:34. > :14:39.Those are arguments the Euro- scepticss don't like. They are the
:14:39. > :14:42.arguments put forward here in Brussels to say why in Britain, in
:14:42. > :14:46.the British parliamentary stance last night, why they believe that
:14:46. > :14:51.stance was wrong. Thank you very much.
:14:51. > :14:55.Jimmy Savile's assets of arounds �4 million have been frozen because of
:14:55. > :14:58.potential claims from people who say they were abused by the late
:14:58. > :15:04.presenter. Police are investigating claims for around 300 alleged
:15:04. > :15:07.victims. Back in July, the auction of Jimmy
:15:07. > :15:12.Savile's belongings raised hundreds of thousands of pounds. He was a
:15:12. > :15:21.wealthy man. He owned flats around Britain and with police now talking
:15:21. > :15:27.of perhaps 300 victims and the possibility of compensation claims,
:15:27. > :15:30.from natwes, -- the natwes, has frozen those assets. None have
:15:30. > :15:34.asked how much money they will get. Principally for them, the inquiry
:15:34. > :15:39.and the police investigation is a very important process for them as
:15:39. > :15:45.well. They don't want to be hushed up by just receiving quick
:15:45. > :15:48.compensation. They want to be heard and they want to know why their
:15:48. > :15:53.original complaints were not listened to. Once they've had a
:15:53. > :15:56.voice at the inquiry, then the civil courts will consider each
:15:56. > :16:00.case. Jimmy Savile had two charitable trusts. Both have said
:16:00. > :16:03.they will close following the revelations of recent weeks.
:16:03. > :16:07.Originally one of the beneficiaries was going to be Leeds general
:16:07. > :16:12.infirmary. His relationship with the hospital went back years. It
:16:12. > :16:17.was announced at his funeral that money was earmarked to fund a unit
:16:17. > :16:27.to look into heart disease. The future of Jimmy Savile's millions
:16:27. > :16:33.
:16:33. > :16:43.The electrical chain, it is going into administration next week. It
:16:43. > :16:43.
:16:43. > :16:49.runs 240 stores across the UK. What has gone wrong?
:16:49. > :16:54., it has been struggling for quite some time. -- come at. In recent
:16:54. > :17:01.years sales have collapsed, more and more of us are going to sales
:17:01. > :17:06.online. Increased competition from the supermarkets and the downturn
:17:06. > :17:10.income see the spending. The consumer electricals market is a
:17:10. > :17:15.cut-throat business and it has struggled to stay relevant. As to
:17:15. > :17:21.why administration is on the cards now, it turns out, it was being
:17:21. > :17:26.forced to pay up front for all its Christmas stock, a very own
:17:26. > :17:32.arresting for a retailer to do. All the credit insurance that provides
:17:33. > :17:36.the cover for suppliers, that was withdrawn. When that happens the
:17:36. > :17:41.game really is up. It goes into administration next
:17:41. > :17:46.week causing an awful lot of uncertainty for thousands.
:17:46. > :17:51.That is right. It must be a very worrying time for 6,500 workers. We
:17:51. > :17:54.are talking about one of the biggest retail collapses since well
:17:54. > :17:59.worth us when the administrators are called in they will be trying
:17:59. > :18:04.to sell the business as a going concern. That question must be who
:18:04. > :18:08.would want to buy it? The current owners were paid �50 million just
:18:08. > :18:14.to take the business off the previous owner's hands, that is how
:18:14. > :18:21.complicated the sale this business is likely to prove.
:18:21. > :18:24.It is almost 1:20pm. Our top story this lunchtime:
:18:24. > :18:27.Thousands are still trapped in their homes three days after
:18:27. > :18:30.Superstorm Sandy hit the East coast of America. At least 82 people have
:18:30. > :18:35.died, and millions are without power. One wants to tell about it
:18:35. > :18:39.and to pay my respects to a young man who has commanded such love in
:18:39. > :18:41.his short life. Telling her story - the mother of a
:18:41. > :18:43.soldier killed in Afghanistan publishes a book about losing her
:18:43. > :18:46.only son. Later on BBC London:
:18:46. > :18:48.MPs debate how much tax you pay on your pint as campaigners claim it's
:18:48. > :18:58.forcing pubs out of business. British Legion launches Poppy
:18:58. > :19:06.
:19:06. > :19:12.appeal in a bid to raise �1 million In one week members of China's
:19:12. > :19:18.ruling Communist Party will gather to appoint new rulers who will run
:19:18. > :19:22.the country for the next 10 years. The biggest task they will face is
:19:22. > :19:29.a narrowing of the massive gap between the urban elite and the
:19:29. > :19:34.rural poor. In China's poorest province, it
:19:34. > :19:39.deep in its rural heart, life still ambles by. The economic boom in the
:19:40. > :19:49.cities and along the coast is happening far from here.
:19:49. > :19:56.Nevertheless, today they are celebrating. Lu Da Yi's first child.
:19:56. > :20:01.There is a banquet, fridge, a new bird, he could never afford these.
:20:01. > :20:04.-- a new bed. A farm and labourer, he has learnt nothing this year. He
:20:04. > :20:11.is one of 100 million Chinese in its villages living below the
:20:11. > :20:14.poverty line. TRANSLATION: It is not fair, I have been to the cities,
:20:14. > :20:19.at the rich eat in fancy restaurants every day, my life does
:20:19. > :20:24.not compare. China's economic growth has been deeply unfair. Some
:20:24. > :20:30.have not benefited much. It is a problem China's next leaders know
:20:30. > :20:37.they must tackle. The gap between the rich and the rest getting ever
:20:37. > :20:43.wider. It may not be sustainable. A three-hour flight away his Beijing,
:20:43. > :20:47.and megacity of almost 20 million, it feels like a different country.
:20:47. > :20:54.The world's most expensive designer labels target a new class of urban
:20:54. > :20:59.elite. The poor are here as well. Alongside the fabulously wealthy,
:20:59. > :21:06.enjoying the global rich elite. Almost one million Chinese are now
:21:06. > :21:11.dollar millionaires. They dress in designer outfits which cost more
:21:11. > :21:15.than Lu Da Yi and his elite have had in their lifetime. TRANSLATION:
:21:15. > :21:24.In China we are rich nowt so we want what is fashionable and
:21:24. > :21:28.sophisticated. -- we are rich now. Near by a replica chateau. A
:21:28. > :21:34.playground for China's rising classes. They tried the grapes and
:21:34. > :21:43.sample the wines. Leisure and luxury, all new to China. The most
:21:43. > :21:47.pricey vintage costs �1,000 a bottle. �1,000 is what this couple
:21:47. > :21:52.are paying for their castle themed wedding photos. His costume, a
:21:52. > :21:55.European dandy, part of the package. It is almost an entire month of
:21:55. > :22:00.their earnings as real estate agents. They are middle-class, but
:22:00. > :22:06.they don't feel particularly well- off. They cannot afford to buy a
:22:06. > :22:14.flat in increasingly pricey Beijing. TRANSLATION: Our lives are better
:22:14. > :22:20.than the poorest but far better than three -- but worse than the
:22:20. > :22:25.rich. China's Communist rulers say tackling inequality is one of their
:22:25. > :22:31.most urgent tasks, it Feering if they fail it could undermine the
:22:31. > :22:34.Lidgett to some -- legitimacy of the one-party rule.
:22:34. > :22:42.You can get more information on the challenges facing China's new
:22:42. > :22:45.leaders on our website. At least seven people are known to
:22:45. > :22:49.have died in a cyclone that has battered the south-east coast of
:22:49. > :22:53.India. More than 100,000 people have been evacuated from their
:22:53. > :23:00.homes in low-lying areas in the City of Chennai. 15 sailors were
:23:00. > :23:03.rescued and search teams continued -- continue to search for missing
:23:03. > :23:08.crew workers when an oil tanker ran aground.
:23:08. > :23:12.Lloyds Banking Group has set aside an extra �1 billion to cover claims
:23:12. > :23:16.from customers who were mis-sold Payment Protection Insurance. It
:23:16. > :23:24.brings his total compensation bill to more than �5 billion and pursues
:23:24. > :23:31.its losses for the third quarter to �144 million.
:23:31. > :23:36.You could reclaim the premiums if it was an assault. It is the
:23:36. > :23:40.biggest mis-selling payouts ever in the financial world, encouraged by
:23:40. > :23:45.claims companies and consumer groups, there has been a growing
:23:45. > :23:49.flood of customers saying they were wrongly sold Payment Protection
:23:49. > :23:53.Insurance or PPI when they took out a loan. Lloyd's was by far the
:23:53. > :23:59.biggest player in the PPI business, hence the staggering figure that
:23:59. > :24:05.with today's top up it has set aside �5.3 billion for compensation,
:24:05. > :24:09.and even that may not be enough. The banks are in denial about how
:24:09. > :24:12.big this is going to get. They keep increasing the amount of money they
:24:12. > :24:16.are setting aside, they need to be much more open about how many
:24:16. > :24:21.customers they think they will have to compensate, and be realistic
:24:21. > :24:25.about what this will cost them. The PPI tally so far shows 3
:24:25. > :24:34.million customers have complained, at the table paid out until the end
:24:34. > :24:38.of August was �6.5 billion -- the total payout. Each customer
:24:38. > :24:43.receiving �2,750 on average. If your claim is turned down you can
:24:43. > :24:47.send it here to the financial ombudsman service for an appeal and
:24:47. > :24:52.the Ombudsman is finding in favour of customers most of the time. That
:24:52. > :24:57.has fuelled accusations banks are spooked by the size of the Bill and
:24:57. > :25:01.using delaying tactics. Lloyd's chief executive admitted today a
:25:01. > :25:07.number of uncertainties remain as to the eventual cost to the group
:25:07. > :25:09.of PPI complaints. There is a potential boost to the economy if
:25:09. > :25:12.millions start spending their compensation when fall in the shops
:25:12. > :25:18.but the huge bill could delay the bank's recovery from a financial
:25:18. > :25:22.crisis. Lloyd's and the other banks have clearly underestimated the
:25:22. > :25:26.compensation bill by a wide margin. That is partly because there has
:25:26. > :25:30.been so much publicity but because they are being forced to go through
:25:30. > :25:40.their files and conduct people directly who might have lost out.
:25:40. > :25:44.Some forecasters say the total PPI bill will exceed �15 billion.
:25:44. > :25:50.A body has been recovered by search teams involved in the hunt for the
:25:50. > :25:53.missing Det Catherine Gowing. She was last seen on the evening of
:25:53. > :25:58.Friday October 12th in New Brighton infringer. A 46-year-old man has
:25:58. > :26:00.been charged with her murder. -- In the Flintshire. The mother of a
:26:00. > :26:04.British soldier killed by the Taliban has written about the
:26:04. > :26:10.experience of losing her only son and about her own battles with the
:26:10. > :26:13.MoD. 26-year-old lieutenant Mark Edison was shot in Helmand in 2009.
:26:13. > :26:17.He survived long enough to be brought back to the UK where his
:26:17. > :26:27.mother Margaret had to make the agonising decision to turn off his
:26:27. > :26:27.
:26:27. > :26:32.life-support machine. This is the story of a journey, not
:26:32. > :26:38.through the awesome vistas of great mountains, but a journey through
:26:38. > :26:46.the loved one has for others, care and compassion we feel for each
:26:46. > :26:49.other, and the structures we built to protect ourselves. I understand
:26:49. > :26:56.more completely now whenever his love there will also be pain and
:26:56. > :27:00.suffering. -- whenever there is loved. Margaret Evison began
:27:00. > :27:04.writing as she watched the sea since changed in her garden a year
:27:04. > :27:08.after her only son Mark died after leading his men in Helmand province.
:27:08. > :27:13.Her book takes in her son's life and the battles she fought with the
:27:13. > :27:19.MoD after his death. But her book also tells a more universal story
:27:19. > :27:24.of a mother's love and a mother's loss. When one travels to a new
:27:24. > :27:30.world one wants to tell about it, and to pay my respects to a young
:27:30. > :27:35.man who commanded such love in his short life, and in the words on his
:27:35. > :27:45.gravestone, a man of great distinction, courage, charm and
:27:45. > :27:47.
:27:47. > :27:51.compassion, fare well. -- fare well. More on our top story. In the
:27:51. > :28:01.aftermath of Superstorm Sandy which has left thousands stranded in New
:28:01. > :28:03.
:28:03. > :28:10.Jersey, let's go to an area just over the Hudson River.
:28:10. > :28:15.It is quite staggering, this is a very densely packed town, about 50
:28:15. > :28:19.does and people in really quite a small area across from Manhattan. -
:28:19. > :28:24.- about 50,000 people. The mayor is estimating 20,000 of those are
:28:24. > :28:29.still trapped. Really, the focus is very much on New Jersey. A big
:28:29. > :28:34.operation. The National Guard is out. We have seen a number of
:28:34. > :28:38.national guard vans around today trying to rescue people, and it is
:28:39. > :28:42.buildings such as this, a regular at middle school, which are being
:28:42. > :28:47.requisitioned as shelters so hundreds of people have a roof over
:28:47. > :28:51.their heads, they are warm, they are fed by volunteers from the
:28:51. > :28:56.American Red Cross, and that is the situation that will be facing
:28:56. > :29:02.residents of this town for a very long time. It could even be at
:29:02. > :29:05.least a week before some of them even have power. There will be
:29:06. > :29:09.extraordinary stories coming out of this town here across from
:29:09. > :29:17.Manhattan. Let's have a look at the latest
:29:17. > :29:22.We have seen some autumnal sunshine but that is interrupted by some
:29:22. > :29:29.sharp showers. The rest of the afternoon, it sunny spells,
:29:29. > :29:36.scattered showers. We Kent seek the radar image where we have seen
:29:36. > :29:41.those heavy showers -- we can see. You can see some sunshine returning
:29:41. > :29:45.later on. Not every work seeing those heavy showers. By about 6pm
:29:45. > :29:50.some of the showers across Devon and Cornwall could be quite heavy,
:29:50. > :29:53.the odd rumble of thunder, and quite persistent piling in around
:29:53. > :29:57.the Bristol Channel. Across parts of Wales we will see snow on higher
:29:57. > :30:01.ground. A similar story for the Pennines. At low level it will be
:30:01. > :30:06.rain showers for the Isle of Man, and for much of Northern Ireland it
:30:06. > :30:10.will be turning the drier. The breeze will pick up. That will blow
:30:10. > :30:14.in some heavy showers to the west of Scotland with some snow on
:30:14. > :30:19.higher ground. East of Scotland, clearer skies and the temperatures
:30:19. > :30:24.will dip quickly. Some showers for the north-west of England. Anywhere
:30:24. > :30:28.to the east of the Pennines it will be a little drier. We will keep
:30:28. > :30:32.that risk of heavy showers piling in around the southern coasts of
:30:33. > :30:37.England. This evening and every night we will stay with the showery
:30:37. > :30:46.theme of but the wind picks up. You can see it blowing in from a
:30:46. > :30:54.westerly direction. Tunbridge is holding up -- temperatures holding
:30:54. > :31:00.up. We could see some frost in the east of Scotland. A cold start to
:31:00. > :31:06.Friday, a similar sort of day. A brisk breeze blowing tomorrow.
:31:06. > :31:09.Showers in Northern Ireland, southern Scotland, north of England.
:31:09. > :31:14.The temperatures are not great for the time of year, below what we
:31:14. > :31:24.would expect. The unsettled theme sticks around into the weekend.
:31:24. > :31:30.
:31:30. > :31:37.Low-pressure dominates, heavy downpours at times. For the weekend
:31:37. > :31:43.it will be fairly cold, sunshine and showers. It will generally be a
:31:43. > :31:47.mix of sunglasses and umbrellas. At least 82 people are now known to
:31:47. > :31:50.have died after Superstorm Sandy hit the East Coast of America.
:31:50. > :31:56.Northern Ireland Chief Constable has condemned the murder of a